Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-18
THE CONSISTORY.
A Gorgeous Papal Pageant
in Rome.
THE EIGHT NEW CARDINALS
Kiss the Pope's Foot and Hand
and Receive the Hat Amid
Great Splendor. :

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERA I'd
ROME, Marsh ia public oonzistoxy
was held to-day in the HalA RegiA If
began at 1920 and concluded 81 noon.
The procession was hsralded by the ,eee-
sistorial advocates with their attendants.
arrayed in crimson robes and sruiss
capes. They were folloy 9- the e.ous-
bearer, camerieres, pfe!ates. bishppsy
archbishops aud cardinals. Then 60
the Pope, who was borne ON the SedEs
Gestatoria. fAnked with AabsIli a.
white peacock feather fans. He was 60
companied on each side by the ndbZs
guards in blue, the Swiss guard. on csrs.
and purple and crimson. n.robed attend
ants. When the Pope descended ffeo
the Sedia, he assembled the throns whish
had been covered with purple cloth and
cloth of gold, for the lenten season. The
canopy over the throne was backed ~
a tapestry Of Perino Del vAgo, depieoA
ing Faith, Hope and Charity" AZ
the base of the throne were two moous
couchant, bearing red banners with
cross keys. The cardinals occupied
benches, arranged in long parallslo-
gram in front of the Pops. The consis-
torial advocates advanced to the throne
and read the instance for the beAfidoa-
ton of the persons under consid-
GRAFTON. This concluded, sixteen car
iDals left the hall to bring from
the Sistine Chapel the eight
new cardinals, who are Archb;shcu
Gonzales of Toledo. Mgr Aloiso Mos
zella, ex-Nuncio at Lisbon, Archbishop
Taschereau of Quebec, Arch b;shop
Gibbons of Baltimore, Archbishop Bes-
nadou of Lens, Archbishop Place Of
Rennes, Archbishop Langeeieux Of
Reims, AMI Archbishop Gisodani of Fer
rera. Each new cardinal was accom-
panied by two others. Cardinal Tas--
chereau was accompanied by Cardinals
Melchers and Mozzella. They proceeded,
and bowling thrice. kissed the PopsIs
foot aud hand, received tbe fops's
double embrace, and then re-
tired. They again advanced to the
Pope to receive the hat which was
brought in on silver salver. Each
cardinal knelt as he came before tho
Pope and the hood Of his robe wns
placed over his head by al attendsnk
The Pope, taking the large red haA,
placed it ON the kneeling cardinals head,
who then made an obeisance 10 the
Pope, concluding with double embraee.
or kiss of peace. The Pope received
Cardinal Gibbons with marked afEsstiou.
Cardinal Taschereau was calm, though
he showed signs of great emotion. Ths
cardinals then gave the kiss Of peace to
their colleagues of the Sacred CoIleg,.
When Cardinal Gibbons came to Car
dinal Mozzella each off. red the
other hearty congraiulA atoms. Car
dinal Mozzella was once Professor
in the Jesuus College in Woodstock
and is an old friend of Cardinal Glib
bons. The Pope then departed. fol-
lowed by his escort. Crowds lined the
Sala Ducale, through which the pro-
cession passed. finding places. In tho
Sala Regia the diplomats accredited to
the Holy See and their families occu-
pied large gallery, and the Roman
princes and their families were in an
other gallery. There were also present
B shops Ireland, X cane and Watterson,
Monsignor O'Briep, who was delegate 70
Cardinal Tasehert au;, Montipnor Dillon,
of Australia and Lieutenant Williams, Of
the United States Army, In uniform.
The rectors and students of the Americas
and Irish Propaganda. the rectoss
of the Scotch and Euglish colleges and
others. Cardinal Gibbons has been ap-
pointed to the following sacred congrs-
cations: Propaganda. Regular Disci-
pine, Indulgence ami Sacred Relics and
Studies. Cardinal Taschereau has been
appointed to the following: Consistorial
Bishops and Regular Ecclesiastical I'm
munities and Propaganda. Monsignor
Kirby, the venerable rector Of the
Irish College, gave q dinner this
evening to Cardinals Gibbons and
Taschereau, Secretary and Rector Of the
Propaganda, Bishops Keane, Ireland
and Watterson, Archbishop Carr, Of
Melbourne, rectors of the Sulpician,
Epglish and Scotch colleges, Abhott
Smith and others. A student read in
Latin composition expressing Joy over
the promotion of the cardinals, and .
Latin chorus praising them was sung.
Cardinal Taschereau responded in Latin.
expressing his appreciation of tho
honor conferred upon. him. Car
dinal Gibbons spoke in Enelish.
He said the reception of ths
hat on st. Patrsk's day was o happy
circumstance. He hoped that all their
work would be harmonious for the peacs
of mankind and the spread of truth un-
der the banner of the Gross After the
cansistory the new cardinals thanked
the Pope, who, in his reply referred
chiefly to Canada and the United Stster,
especially to the new American college.